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RANUNCULACE^E. XXXIII. P^ONIA. 



1. Leaves glabrous. 



Z P. CORALLI'NA (Retz. obs. 3. FIG. 14. 



p. 34.) carpels tomentose ; seg- 

 ments of leaves ovate, entire, gla- 

 brous. 7. H. Native of many 

 Earts of Europe ; France, Balearic 

 stands, Greece, and Siberia ; in 

 England abundantly on the rocky 

 clefts of the steep Holmes in the 

 Severn, Smith, engl. bot. t. 1513. 

 P. officinalis ft, mascula, Lin. spec. 

 747. Lob. icon. 684. f. 2. Flowers 

 crimson. Leaves broad, of a dark 

 shining green, (f. 1 4.) 



Coralline or Male Paeony. Fl. 

 May, June. England. PI. 1 to 2 

 feet. 



3 P. FEsifvA (Tausch. in Sitz. 



bot. gesell. vol. 4. nov. 1827.) carpels tomentose, erect ; segments 

 of leaves unequally jagged, smooth, with the divisions crowded, 

 oblong-lanceolate. I/. H. Native of many parts of Europe, 

 in mountain woods, France, Switzerland, Carinthia, Carniola, 

 Greece, and Crete, &c. P. officinalis, Retz. obs. 8. p. 35. Sims, 

 bot. mag. t. 1784. Smith, fl. graec. 369. P. ambigua, Lois ? 



Var, a, Sabmi (Anders, in Lin. trans. 12. p. 265.) flowers 

 dark-purple. P. officinalis, Sims, bot. mag. 1784. 



Var. /3, rbsea (Anders. 1. c. p. 266.) flowers deep rose-colour- 

 ed ; stems loose. Lob. icon. 697. 



Var. y, rubra (Anders. 1. c. p. 267.) flowers very double, dark- 

 purple. Lob. icon. 684. This is the most common variety in 

 gardens. 



Var. S, carnescens (Anders. 1. c. p. 268.) flowers very double, 

 of a deep rose colour. 



Var. e, dlbicans (Anders. 1. c.) flowers very double, blush. 

 Tabern. icon. 785. Park. par. p. 342 and 343. f. 4. 



Common or Handsome Paeony. Fl. My. Ju. Clt. 1548. PI. 2ft. 



4 P. TRITERNA'TA (Pall. nov. act. petrop. vol. 10.) carpels 

 tomentose, erect ; segments of leaves glaucous underneath, some- 

 what lobed with obovate blunt lobules. If. . H. Native of Tauria. 

 P. Daurica, Andr. bot. rep. t. 486. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1441. 

 Flowers of a pleasant pale rose-colour. 



Triternate-lenved Paeony. Fl. My. Ju. Clt.1790. Pl.ljto2ft. 



5 P. LOBATA (Desf. cat. hort. par. 126.) carpels tomentose, 

 erectish ; segments of leaves smooth, decurrent, pinnate-parted, 

 3-lobed at the apex. 1. H. Native of Portugal. Flowers 

 purple, sweet-scented. 



Lobed-\ea.ved Paeony. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1 82 1 . PI. 2 feet. 



6 P. TENUIFO'LIA (Lin. spec. 748.) carpels tomentose, spread- 

 ing ; segments of leaves smooth, divided into many fine linear lobes. 

 y. . H. Native of the Ukraine, Siberia and Tauria, among broken 

 rocks on the banks of rivers. Pall. fl. ross. 2. p. 95. t. 87. 

 Sims, bot. mag. t. 926. Flower fine dark-red, and nestled as it 

 were among the finely divided leaves. 



Var. ft, laciniata (Willd. enum. 573.) stem higher, and with 

 the segments of the leaves broader than in the species. 



Fine-leaved Paeony. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1765. PI. 1 to li ft. 



7 P. HY'BRIDA (Pall. fl. ross. 2. p. 94. t 86.) carpels pubes- 

 cent, spreading; segments of leaves smooth, many-parted into 

 linear lobes. If. . H. Native of the Ukraine between the Volga 

 andTanais. Flowers dark red. Lindl. bot. reg. t. 1208. Perhaps 

 only a variety of the preceding. 



Hybrid Pseony. Fl. May, June. Clt. 2 PI. 1 to 1 foot. 



8 P. ANO'MALA (Lin. mant. 247.) carpels 5, smooth, depressed, 

 obtuse; segments of leaves smooth, pinnatifid ; lobes lanceolate, 

 acuminated. T(..H. Native of Siberia. Andr. bot. rep. 514. 



Sims, bot. mag. t. 1754. P. laciniata, Pall. fl. ross. 2. p. 93. t. 

 85. Flowers crimson, drooping. The root dried is used by the 

 Mongols and some Tartars as sauce for their meat, and Boetcher, 

 an army surgeon, found it to be useful in intermittent fevers. 

 Anomalous Paeony. Fl. May, June. Clt.. 1 788. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



9 P. CRE'TICA (Clus. hist. 1. p. 281. D. C. syst. 1. p. 394. 

 Tausch. 1. c.) carpels 5, tomentose ; leaves ternately cut ; leaflets 

 quinate-pinnatifid ; segments lanceolate, acuminated, decurrent 

 at the base, smooth on both surfaces. % . H. Native of Crete. 

 Flowers white or blush. 



Cretan Paeony. Fl. May, June. Clt.? PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



10 P. CO'RSICA (Sieb. pi. cors. Tausch. Vorgel in Sitz. bot. 

 gesell. vol. 4. 1827.) carpels smooth, erect; leaves biternate- 

 cut ; segments entire ovate, acuminate, nearly quite smooth. !(. . 

 H. Native of Corsica on mount Gagna. P. paradoxa />, leo- 

 carpa, D. C. prod. 1. p. 66. ? Flowers purplish, large. 



Corsican Paeony. Fl. May, June. Clt. ? PI. 2 feet ? 



11 P. ALBIFLO'RA (Pall. fl. ross. 2. p. 84.) carpels smooth, 

 recurved ; segments of leaves smooth, shining, 3-parted, with 

 ovate-lanceolate lobes. 1 . H. Native from Siberia to China. 

 Flowers white. P. edulis, Sal. par. lond. 78. 



Var. a, vestalis (Anders, in Lin. trans. 12. p. 257-) leaflets 

 broader, flat, purplish ; flowers white, of 8 petals ; stigmas 

 pale-yellow ; stem 2-3-flowered. A. albiflora, Andr. bot. rep. 

 t. 64. 



Var. /5, Candida (Anders. 1. c.) leaflets broader, flat, dark- 

 green ; flowers pale flesh-coloured, of 8-petals ; stigmas flesh- 

 coloured ; stem 2-flowered. 



Var. y, Tatarica (Anders. 1. c. p. 258.) leaflets broader, flat, 

 purplish ; flowers flesh-coloured, of 9 to 14 petals, with flesh- 

 coloured stigmas ; stem 2-3-flowered. P. edulis, Sal. par. lond. 

 78. P. albiflora, Ker. bot. reg. t. 42. 



Var. B, Sibirica (Anders. 1. c.) leaflets concave, pale green ; 

 flowers altogether white, with flesh-coloured stigmas ; stem 2- 

 flowered. 



Var. c, rubescens (Anders. 1. c. p. 259.) leaflets concave, nar- 

 rower, purplish ; flowers reddish, of 8 petals, with pale-yellow 

 stigmas ; stem 3-flowered. A dwarf plant. 



Var. t, uniflora (Anders. 1. c.) leaflets concave, narrow ; flowers 

 white, of 8 petals, with pale yellow stigmas; stem 1 -flowered. 

 P. albiflora, Sims, bot. mag. t. 1756. Petals pink at the base. 



Var. 7j, Whitleji (Anders. 1. c.) leaves more wrinkled, un- 

 equally jagged ; flowers pale-blush ; stem 3 feet high, usually 

 bearing 5 flowers. Ker. bot. reg. t. 630. Andr. bot. rep. 612. 

 Outside petals reddish, inside ones pale straw-coloured, the 

 whole becoming nearly white before they drop ofF, emitting a scent 

 somewhat like that of Elder-flowers. Flowering in June. Native 

 of China. Clt. 1808. 



Var. $, Humei (Anders. 1. c. p. 260.) leaflets wrinkled, un- 

 equally jagged ; flowers very double, red ; stem 4 feet high, 

 usually 3-flowered. P. edulis var. Sinensis, Sims, bot. mag. t. 

 1768. Native of China. Clt. 1808. 



Var. t, frdgrans (Anders. 1. c.) leaflets wrinkled, narrow, pale 

 green ; flowers double, rose-coloured ; stem erect, 3 feet high, 

 1-3-flowered. Ker. bot. reg. 485. Hort. trans, vol. 2. t. 18. 

 Native of China. Clt. 1805. 



The roots of many of the varieties of this plant are boiled in 

 broth by the Daurians and Monguls. They also grind the seeds 

 and put them into their tea. 



White-flowered or Edible Pseony. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1548. 

 PI. 1 to 4 feet. 



12 P. BRO'WNII (Doug. mss. in Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 27.) 

 carpels 5, quite smooth, erect ; leaves smooth on both surfaces; 

 leaflets ternately divided or pinnatifid, jagged ; segments oblong, 

 those of the upper leaves are very blunt ; stem erect, branched, 

 striated. Tf. H. Native of North West America, near the 



